Engineering Support, Micro-Enterprise Facilitation

Engineers Without Borders (EWB) works to promote human development through access to technology. We accomplish this by working with partner governmental and non-governmental organizations as well as small scale entrepreneurs overseas. We also recognize the importance of educating Canadians on the role they can play at home in assisting disadvantaged communities to improve their own situation. Formed in 2000, EWB is Canada's fastest growing development organisation.

APIPAC is working to improve the benefits derived by women working in
the mango industry in Burkina Faso. They are intervening at all levels of the
value chain from inputs and production to final end market. The project will
increase sustainable market access and production for the women of the area and
ensure that they are well entrenched in strategic areas of the value chain
where they get the most benefit.

The intern will perform an analysis of the mango value chain in Burkina
Faso, south west region. Understanding of the relationships between the
different actors in the chain from producers to exporters, what are the
problems, what are some possible areas for change and growth. Within the
organisation, the intern will be working alongside the local staff to help
improve and develop their relations and coordination of the different actors in
the mango value chain in order to help them better understand, improve and
communicate the impact they are having. The intern will spend the majority of
her time in the south west region of Burkina Faso and will be based in the
Bobo-Dioulasso branch of the organization. Working alongside APIPAC field
staff, APIPAC members and local beneficiaries, participatorily improving the
present structure for support, information and training of the different actors
in the chain.

APIPAC works to improve agricultural production and the benefits derived from agriculture of people in Burkina Faso. They work particularly in the domains of irrigation and community mobilization. Their mandate is to improve not only agricultural production but also all related activities (micro-credit, cooperative formation, market access) such that small holders derive as much economic benefit as possible.